saxar

Icelandic

Verb

saxar

1. inflection of saxa:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person singular present indicative

Old Norse

Etymology

Derived from Proto-West Germanic *sahs (“knife, dagger”), and akin to English Saxon. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

saxar m pl

1. the Saxons

Declension

  Declension of saxar, (weak an-stem, plural only)

masculine	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	saxar	saxarnir
accusative	saxa	saxana
dative	sǫxum	sǫxunum
genitive	saxa	saxanna

Derived terms

• Saxelfr f (“the river Elbe”)
• Saxland n (“the land of the Saxons; Saxony”)
• saxlenzkr (“Saxon, German”)
• saxneskr (“Saxon, German”)

Related terms

• sax n (“sword, shears”)

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: saksar m
• Norwegian Bokmål: sakser m

See also

• frakkar m pl (“Franks”)

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “saxar”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Swedish

Noun

saxar

1. indefinite plural of sax

Verb

saxar

1. present indicative of saxa